Transesophageal Echocardiography for the Prevention of Embolic Complications After Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation

Abstract

The selection criteria employed to perform TEEs did not increase the chance of identifying LA thrombi in a patient cohort with primarily nondilated left atria and paroxysmal AF. The overall thromboembolic event rate was low (0.49%) and was not significantly different between the 2 TEE strategies.